While we all may be dreaming of summer days spent idling away at the beach, with salt in our hair and the sun on our skin, that’s just not the reality for the majority of us. We’re more likely than not still spending our days at an office or behind a computer screen. But that doesn’t mean we can’t pretend. Salt sprays have long been the answer to beach-y hair without the beach, and while they do deliver that just-out-of-the-ocean feel, spritzes of this sort also have a reputation of being drying and dehydrating. Luckily, there are a handful of products on the market today that deliver A-grade windswept texture without the grit of earlier iterations.
Here’s what to reach for this summer to get beach-worthy waves without the added sodium:
Salt sprays can be particularly tricky to use on fine hair, which can easily get weighed down. Shu Uemera’s Muroto range was developed for those of us without the thickest of manes and this texturizing mist is proof. Using their proprietary “depsea” water—first introduced by the brand back in 1998—it delivers all the texture of a sea salt spray without any of the weight (or the brittleness). It also happens to smell like an ocean breeze, with its blend of white marine florals.
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Amika Bushwick Beach No-Salt Wave Spray
($33, Sephora)
This multiphase product—meaning it’ll require a good shake before you start spritzing—combines sea buckthorn oil for moisture with silica for volume and zeolite minerals for texture.
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Moroccanoil Beach Wave Mousse
($35, Sephora)
A little bit of this argan oil-infused mousse goes a long way to achieving perfectly undone waves. Just rake through wet hair, give it a few scrunches, and wait for beach waves to appear—no vacation days needed.
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Formulated with rice protein in the place of sea salt, this cult product from Jen Atkin delivers California girl waves plus a dose of shine and body. You can also go ahead and skip the perfume after a few spritzes of this stuff, which is scented with the brand’s light floral North Bondi fragrance.
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Wella EIMI Sugar Lift Sugar Spray
($26, Ulta)
The natural antithesis to salt sprays, sugar sprays give hair texture and wave without the thirst. Wella’s version goes on damp hair for volume and hold. Talk about sweet.
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